A Seat at the Sitting - December 2021

Join us for the third episode of the Federalist Society's Supreme Court Show: A Seat at the Sitting. Each month, a panel of constitutional experts will convene to discuss the Court’s upcoming docket and debrief oral arguments from the previous month. During the first two weeks of December, the Justices will hear ten oral arguments on cases including abortion, religious freedom, habeas, Chevron deference, and the Civil Rights Act.

• Becerra v. Empire Health Foundation - Medicare (Nov 29)
• Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller P.L.L.C. – compensatory damages under the Civil Rights Act for victims of discrimination/emotional distress (Nov. 30)
• American Hospital Association v. Becerra – Chevron deference and preclusion, HHS (Nov. 30)
• Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization – abortion (Dec. 1)
• Patel v. Garland – immigration, federal courts jurisdiction (Dec. 6)
• Hughes v. Northwestern University – ERISA, breach of fiduciary duty (Dec. 6)
• United States v. Taylor – Hobbs Act, criminal law, armed robbery (Dec. 7)
• CVS Pharmacy Inc. v. Doe – disparate impact, discrimination, under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (Dec. 7)
• Carson v. Makin – religious freedom (Dec. 8)
• Shinn v. Ramirez – habeas and the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (Dec. 8)

Featuring:
-- Nicole Garnett, John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law, The University of Notre Dame Law School -- Ilya Shapiro, Vice President and Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute
-- Mary Ziegler, Stearns Weaver Miller Professor, Florida State University College of Law
-- Brandon J. Moss, Partner, Wiley Rein
-- Moderator: Adam Liptak, The New York Times